Langstaff is a residential area at the tripoint of the cities of
Richmond Hill,
Markham, and Vaughan in
York Region
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,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. Located near
Highway 7 and
Yonge Street
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, the homes in the area date to the 1960s and 1970s.
The
East Don River and CN Rail Bala subdivision runs through the area.
Langstaff is a former hamlet likely named for John Langstaff (1774-1865), a settler who arrived sometime between 1803 and 1808 from Piscataway, Middlesex,
New Jersey
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and established a farm along Yonge Street. The living members of the family are longer living in the area, as descendants of James Langstaff have moved out of Ontario. The old farm became the notorious Langstaff Jail Farm,
which has since disappeared and the area is now dominated by a retail strip. The only reminder of the Langstaff family is
Langstaff Road Langstaff could mean one of the following:
Places Ontario, Canada
* Langstaff, Ontario, a community shared between Vaughan, Ontario and Markham, Ontario
** Langstaff GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community
** York R ...
.
Point of interest
*
Langstaff GO Station
See also
*
List of unincorporated communities in Ontario
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References
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Neighbourhoods in Markham, Ontario
Neighbourhoods in Richmond Hill, Ontario